AT&T
What analysts say:
- Buy, sell, or hold?: Analysts strongly back AT&T, with 13 of 25 rating it a buy and the remainder rating it a hold. Analysts like AT&T better than competitor Verizon Communications overall. While analysts still rate the stock a moderate buy, they are a little more optimistic about it compared to three months ago.
- Revenue forecasts: On average, analysts predict $31.62 billion in revenue this quarter. That would represent a rise of 0.1% from the year-ago quarter.
- Wall Street earnings expectations: The average analyst estimate is earnings of $0.61 per share. Estimates range from $0.56 to $0.63.
What our community says:
CAPS All-Stars are solidly behind the stock with 95.1% giving it an "outperform" rating. The community at large backs the All-Stars with 92.4% awarding it a rating of "outperform." Fools are keen on AT&T and haven't been shy with their opinions lately, logging 1,713 posts in the past 30 days. Despite the majority sentiment in favor of AT&T, the stock has a middling CAPS rating of three out of five stars.
Management:
AT&T's profit has risen year over year by an average of 61.9% over the past five quarters. Revenue has now gone up for three straight quarters. The company's gross margin shrank by 2.1 percentage points in the last quarter. Revenue rose 2.2% while cost of sales rose 7.7% to $13.33 billion from a year earlier.
Quarter | Q2 | Q1 | Q4 | Q3 |
Gross Margin | 57.7% | 57.1% | 55.3% | 57.2% |
Operating Margin | 19.6% | 18.6% | 6.3% | 17.3% |
Net Margin | 11.4% | 10.9% | 3.3% | 39.1% |
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